Shade-bracket.



L. E. MGGAHAE SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION 11.21) DBO. 29,1908.

Patented 001;. 26, 1909.

' Snowman LEWIS E. IVIcCAHAN, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

SHADE-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 29, 1908.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Serial No. 469,800.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS E. MGCAHAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Im provements in Shade-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to shade brackets; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous bracket, hereinafter described and claimed, constructed with a view of being tightly and securely fastened on a window casing in such manner that puncturing and other defacing of the casing is avoided, and it is unnecessary to employ a hammer, screwdriver or other implement.

In the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification; Figure l is a perspective view of a shade bracket constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken through a portion of the side stile of a window casing and showing the bracket in plan as properly fixed on the stile. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the outer side of the bracket as it appears when fastened on the stile. Fig. 4 is a detail rear elevation of a portion of the bracket body, showing the normal arrangement of the forwardly reaching arm relative to the remainder of the body. Fig. 5 is a detail, plan view showing definitely the normal position of the clamping plate C relative to the straight portion 6 of the bracket body B.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is the side stile of a window casing.

B is the body of my novel bracket.

C is a clamping plate comprised in the bracket and adapted to be secured against one side (preferably the inner side) of the stile, and D is a plate also forming part of the bracket and adapted to be arranged against the face of the stile A, in position to receive one end appurtenance of an ordinary or any other approved shade roller (not shown). The bracket illustrated is for use on the stile at the left-hand side of a window casing, and consequently the plate D is provided with an angular aperture d. It will be understood, however, that in the other bracket (not shown) for use on the right-hand side stile of the window frame, a circular aperture will be formed in the plate D in lieu of the angular aperture (Z;

also, that in such other bracket the parts will be arranged to suit the right-hand side stile of the window casing, but with these minor exceptions the two brackets are identical in construction and I have therefore deemed it unnecessary to show the one for use on the righthand side stile.

The bracket body B is preferably formed of a single piece of wire, of suitable caliber and character, and is made up of a straight horizontal portion 6 of a length to extend across the face of the stile and threaded at its inner end, as indicated by f, a short portion 9 reaching rearwardly at a right-angle from the outerend of the portion 6, a loop h depending from the portion 9 and preferably having its front portion 72. normally inclined downwardly and inwardly, Fig. 4, and anarm 2' which reaches forwardly from the upper end of said loop h, and is provided with a seat j or otherwise adapted to carry a pole (not shown) for supporting lace curtains or the like. The threaded inner end f of the body B is for the engagement of a nut E, and between the said nut and the inner side of the stile A is designed to be interposed one portion is of the clamping plate C, which is apertured to receive the part c of body B. The clamping plate 0 is also provided with a front portion Z which rests parallel to and close against the front of the body part c, and by reference to Fig. 5 it will be seen that normally the plate portion is is inclined slightly inward from a line extending at a right angle to the pody part c and the plate portion Z for an important purpose hereinafter set forth.

The plate D is provided in its major portion with an aperture to receive the body part c, and is also provided with an inner end flange m, designed to bear against the face of the stile A and thereby prevent swinging of the plate on the body part 6. At this point, attention is directed to the fact that the plate D is capable of adjustment on the body portion 0 in the direction of the length of said body portion so as to fit shade rollers of various lengths; also, that when the bracket is properly applied to the stile A the flange m of plate D is frictionally held between the body part c and the face of the stile, with the result that shifting or casual movement of the plate is effectually prevented.

In applying my novel bracket to the stile A, the body part c is arranged in front of the stile and close to the face thereof, and i the clamping plate 0 is arranged at the inner side of the stile, while the loop h is arranged at the outer side of the same. The plate D is positioned 011 the body part c at a suitable point in the width of the stile, and then the nut E is turned up on the body part 6, whereupon the bracket will be clamped and securely fixed on the stile. It will also be manifest in this connection that when the nut E is tightened, the plate C, because of the described normal inward inclination of its portion in, will be put under tension so as to contribute to the tight fastening of the bracket on the stile, and in this normal downward and inward inclination of the loop portion 7%, Fig. 4, assists.

In: addition to the advantages hereinbefore set forth, it will be noted that .my novel bracket may be readily fitted to stiles of various widths, and that it may be expeditiously and easily fastened in posit-ion or removed without the employment of tools. of any kind; also, that'its proper fixture on the stile does not entail scratching, marring or other defacement of the stile.

As before stated, the construction herein illustrated and described constitutes the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am aware, but it is obvious that in the future practice of the invention such changes or'modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope of my claimed invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A shade bracket comprising a body of wire having a rearwardly extending portion at one end, adapted to bear against one side of a stile, and also having an arm reaching forwardly from said portion and adapted to support a pole, a clamping plate niovable on the body and adapted to bear against the normally inclined inward, a clamping plate movable on the body and adapted to bear against the opposite side of the stile; said clamping plate being of angular form and: res1hent and havlng a portion arranged 111* front of. and close against the body and also having a rearwardly extending portion which is normally inclined inwardly from a line extending at a right-angle to the body, and a nut threaded on the body and backing the clamping plate.

3. A shade bracket comprising a body of wire having a rearwardly extending portion at one end and a loop depending from said portion, the one portion of which loop is normally inclined inward, and also having an arm reaching forwardly fromv one-loop portion and adapted to support a pole, a clamping plate movable on the body and adapted to bear against the opposite side of the stile; said clamping plate being of angular form and resilient and having a portion arranged 1n front of and close agalnst the body and also having a rearwardly extending portion which is normally inclined inwardly from a line extending at a right an gle to the body, and a nut threaded on the body and backing the clamping plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS E. MOCAHAN, WVitnesses:

HARRY C. SMITH, G. F. BENEDICT. I, 

